Commemorating the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the American Civil War

George W. Longfellow (d. 1863)

George W. Longfellow was listed as being from St. Croix Falls when he enlisted in Company D, 30th Wisconsin Infantry, on August 21, 1862. He died April 7, 1863, in Madison, Wisconsin, from “disease.”

The following obituary is from the May 2, 1863, issue of The Polk County Press. It says he was “one of the Big Rock Creek settlers”; Big Rock Creek was an unincorporated area very near Saint Croix Falls.

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— At Madison, Wisconsin, April 7th, George W. Longfellow, a member of company D, 30th Wisconsin regiment. Mr. Longfellow was undoubtedly known to many of our readers, as one of the Big Rock Creek (Polk County, Wisconsin) settlers. He was a fine fellow, and left behind a large circle of warm friends.—Taylors Falls Monitor.

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This blog presents the stories of the American Civil War as it affected the inhabitants of Northwest Wisconsin, either directly or indirectly. These stories are both local and national, and are presented through newspaper articles, letters, diaries, and photographs. The blog will mirror the war; it will begin small and grow as the months march on. Here are the stories of the men and women, the soldiers and civilians who experienced the Civil War, presented on the date they were originally written or appeared in print.